I feel like a headless chicken so much lately! I run around in circles trying to accomplish something and then I get so exhausted, not feeling like I’ve accomplished anything at all and then I end up just passing out from the shear exhaustion. Nothing much new is going on except for the daily life of me. Which consists of work, cleaning, friends, cleaning, giving Minnie some attention, football games, DI trips, household items that need to be fixed. I will be so happy when I have a husband home to start doing honey-do lists! I’m so thankful for Mr. B and the person he is. I have to say I consider myself so extremely lucky to be married to him! He’s gone a lot, and that’s an understatement, but he truly is amazing.
There was this couple in our ward (our church congregation) growing up where the husband treated his wife like a queen, adored her and you could just tell the love they had between them. I’m sure they had their moments as I’m learning every marriage does no matter the amount of love involved. I digress, I always admired this couple and wanted to have my future husband treat me with that much respect that much adoration - and somehow out of all the millions of male fish in the sea I found one of the few that is that way.
I always watched my parents growing up and saw them holding hands as we drove to the store, stealing kisses from each other - when I was young I thought it was gross and disgusting and how dare they do that in public but it is so precious to have the memories of my parents showing love and affection to one another. See what I mean about stealing moments? They do this almost all the time when driving together somewhere, and I love it. I captured this picture with my phone, and it has to be one of my favorites. I wish it was better quality and I would blow it up and frame it.
I went to visit the spouse in Louisiana for Thanksgiving, it was our first Thanksgiving with just us - it was a bittersweet moment in a way. It was great to spend four straight days together no work, no duties, nothing to interrupt just us time. On the other hand I missed the going through the ads, making lists, setting a plan for Black Friday shopping with my mother and aunt. My little sister (Boog) went in my place, she didn’t enjoy it. I didn’t enjoy it the first time I went either but I love it now and miss getting up at 3am to go shopping in the middle of the high desert no where in the freezing, below freezing temperatures to go stand in line and rush around with the other crazies, but I did miss it - but I cuddled in a warm bed and it was lovely.
I made my first Thanksgiving meal, well sorta. I made it after we had to go to the airport again to rescue my lonely and neglected Nook. I’m very happy to have it back, and very thankful to United Airlines for going to rescue it from the seat pocket in 5A where I abandoned it. So on the way home from the airport we stopped by Winn-Dixie and bought some fixin’s I made: A Turkey Breast, Mashed Potatoes, Stuffing, Green Bean Casserole, and Cheesecake. Granted the Turkey Breast had already been rotisserie-ized, the potatoes were instant, the stuffing was Stove Top, and the cheesecake was frozen - but I did make the Green Bean Casserole, which was a story in its self. I had to make all of this with a 9x13 pan, a broiler plate thing, and a mini saucepan and a regular saucepan… it was interesting but quite yummy if I do say so myself.
Mr. B comes home in 3 weeks for the holidays, he’ll be home for 10 days and I’m so excited! But I need to somehow get the Christmas decorations from the top shelf of the garage, buy a tree and find somewhere to put it, and then decorate for Christmas. My family is coming out next week as well, so I want to be decorated by then as well.
So that’s what’s not been going on lately, but for as little as I seem I have to do I still have been running and going like crazy. So I’m signing off and probably going to bed straight after the Eagles vs.. Texans game - which are my favorite teams so it’s making my head explode, have you ever tried rooting for both teams that are playing against each other? I don’t advise it.
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